Loch Ness Monster (English Loch Ness Monster; Nessie, English Nessie, scientific name - Latin Nessitera rhombopteryx) is an urban legend according to which a large monster lives in the Scottish Loch Ness. The line of research dealing with the search for this mythical character belongs to para- and pseudoscience - cryptozoology.
S. Sodnomdorzh, who traveled around Lake Ureg, which is located on the territory of the Sagil Uvs aimag somon, not only saw this monster with his own eyes, but also managed to film it.
S. Sodnomdorzh: “At first I thought it was some kind of log. And he asked a local resident who was standing next to him about it. He replied that there could be no log here. The strange object was 250 meters away from us. When I looked closely, I realized that it was some kind of animal. I immediately turned on the camera and ran there. At that time, this creature turned and began to swim in the center of the lake. It was definitely a living being."
According to him, the unknown creature had a fin and its body length was approximately 7-8 meters.
The locals remembered the legend about “a giant creature in the Ureg lake”. The locals call him “Huh Bukh” or “Blue Bull”. It is shown once every sixty years. Sixty years is one century according to the Mongolian calendar. It was named "Bull" because this creature makes sounds similar to the bellowing of a bull. Such a legend still exists among local residents, who still scare naughty children with the phrase: “if you don’t behave correctly, I will give you to the blue bull”.
Recall that in 2012, a team of geologists from Russia and Mongolia discovered strange footprints on the shores of the local lake Khyargas-Nuur and tried to unravel their origin. In the summer of 2012, a group of Russian researchers visited the reservoir. According to them, the footprints may belong to a large prehistoric reptile that has existed on earth since the preglacial period.
The first time large traces on the banks of the Khyargas-Nuur were discovered in the mid-80s by members of the Soviet-Mongolian geological expedition. Later, geologists camped there several more times and each time saw several groups of relatively fresh footprints stretching 1.5 kilometers out of the water, as if several giant reptiles crawled out of the lake and even lay on the sand for some time. Khyargas-Nuur is located in the Uvs aimag.
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In the summer of 2013, a group of amateur researchers, led by the writer and public figure Igor Grishin, visited the lake. The Russians have armed themselves with good equipment, including the latest model echo sounders.
According to Grishin, with their help, it was possible to fix the same tracks at the bottom of the lake as on land. According to the researchers, they belong to several individuals of different sizes, or are left by different parts of the body of the same animal.
In addition, on the shore, the pathfinders saw furrows resembling traces of stones, which could be moved by animals. Having rummaged in the literature, they found out that the inhabitants of ancient reservoirs, for example, plesiosaurs, swallowed stones, without them they could not digest food.
Earlier, in 2010, in addition to footprints of different sizes, the researchers also found bones, which, according to them, cannot belong to any other animal in Mongolia. “Quite often we caught fish with canine teeth. But it is known that only one species of fish lives in this lake - the Altai Osman, which has no teeth,”says Grishin.
According to researchers, the owner of the Khyargas-Nuur may be a giant ancient reptile. This is a relict animal that has remained on the earth since the preglacial period, says Valery Nikolayev, a researcher at the Valdai National Park, a zoologist. According to him, in the southern parts of the planet, including Central Asia, not everything has been glaciated. Scientists consider the Mongolian lakes in this area to be part of the ancient Pleistocene sea, and the fish - the very Altai Osman that the mysterious reptile can feed on - is a relict species, the site paranormal-news.ru reported.
Note that the Ureg lake and the Khyargas-Nuur lakes are located at a distance of more than 150 km from each other.